Independent staff condemn closures as owner moves to keep big names

Scepticism over promise to improve website quality in transition to digital-only format as NUJ says 100 jobs are at


Staff at the Independent have condemned the closure of its print titles and cast doubt on managers’ promise to improve the quality of the website as the company transfers to a digital-only format.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said the move, which also includes the £25m sale of the i newspaper to Johnston Press, was likely to cost about 100 jobs.The Independent’s owners have moved fast to ensure that some of the papers’ biggest names – including Robert Fisk, Grace Dent and Patrick Cockburn – will continue to write for its digital-only operation.